Bumpyroad wrote:
for short range communications chatting while going down the highway the ONLY answer is a CB. that is what all the truck drivers use. a ham radio might be great if you want to talk to somebody back home but other than that would be a waste on the highway, as would be a cell phone.
do not buy the Cobra? all in the microphone jobby as it has a speaker the size of a nickle and is dreadful. also the mike is too large for my hands.
bumpy
the 2-meter and 70-cm bands are perfectly suited for short-range (<50 mile) communications. i've had any number of conversations with other drivers and folks at home on 2-meters while driving. there are some areas that have multiple repeaters around the state linked together...new mexico has such a system. but your point is taken...CB does a better job for extremely local car-car comms...as in 3-5 miles.
